#FreshOnTheShelf: Carrol Boyes Wines releases SA-branded Champagne

The new addition to the Carrol Boyes Limited Edition range is made in France in partnership with Charbaut, a three-generations-old French family vineyard, which was established in 1936 on the hillsides of Champagne country. The Carrol Boyes Iconic Champagne label was officially approved for release by the Committee of Champagne. Described as delicately balanced and patiently matured, this Limited Edition comprises only 1,000 bottles.

The company describes the Iconic Champagne as an extension of the Carrol Boyes homeware brand. "The wines embody the Carrol Boyes lifestyle and are created jointly by renowned designer, Carrol Boyes, and her brother, John Boyes, together with his business partner, Neels Barnardt, both of Barnardt Boyes. In the same way as Carrol designs and manufactures distinctive functional art pieces for the home, so Barnardt Boyes turns ancient soils and fair climates into sumptuous wines with rich sensory appeal."

Carrol Boyes Wines’ resident wine-maker, Hendrik Snyman, won the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards MCC Trophy in 2015, but after already having produced a highly successful MCC, Snyman turned his sights to Champagne. His pre-existing relationship with the Charbaut family created the opportunity to release authentic Champagne that would "amplify the Carrol Boyes reputation for superb gifting and high-quality craftsmanship". The resulting Carrol Boyes Iconic Champagne is, according to the Charbaut family, the culmination of “a decade of friendship”.

"The limited-edition vintage is a celebration of matured chardonnay grown in the prestigious Grand and Premier Cru vineyards of Champagne, consisting of 100% Chardonnay. The grapes are carefully selected and picked when perfectly ripe, then immediately pressed and left for 11 years on the lees, to ensure excellent balance between grape character and aging, endowing this Champagne with a fine and delicate effervescence that pleases and excites the palate."

This limited edition is available online and at the Carrol Boyes flagship store in Somerset West, Cape Town.